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RAILWAY GHAIR AND BEACH. N0. 426,214. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WILLIAM REESER, OF FLORISSANT, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTI-IS TO T. SAUNDERS, B. H. BRYANT, AND II. OOLLBRAN, OF COLO- RADO.

RAILWAY CHAI R AN D BRAC E.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 426,214, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed February 13, 1890- Serial 110.340.259. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN WILLIAM REEsER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Florissant, in the county of El Iaso and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Chairs and Braces, of which the following is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved chair and brace, showing a portion of Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the brace.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railway chairs and braces; and it consists in the peculiar e011- struction and combination of devices which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe its construction and indicate the manner in which the same is carried out.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents any well-known form of rail, and Bis a chair therefor, having its upper surface formed with awide groove a, whose end walls are inclined, thereby making the groove approximately dovetailed. This chair is adapted to be spiked to the cross-tie O in anysuitable manner, as by the spikes b at opposite ends and the spikes c at the sides, and the under surface of the chair on that end which carries the rail is formed with flanges cl,which extend along the s des of the chair and are tapered, so that they may be readily forced into the wooden eross-tie. The rail is placed upon the chair in one end of the groove therein, so that its lower flange abuts against the inclined wall of the groove at that end, the balance of the said groove being filled by a brace D, having a straight portion 6, which abuts at the inner end against the lower flange of the rail on that side, while the opposite end of this straight portion is beveled. to fit closely against the inclined wall of the groove a, as shown.

From the point where the inner edge of the straight portion 6 strikes the adjacent flange of the rail the brace extends upward at an acute angle to the head of the rail and has its upper end 9 turned over, thereby adapting said turned-over end to be snugly fitted under the head of the rail. This construction serves as an effective brace for the rail, and this brace is readily held to the chair and tie by the spike b at one end and by the spikes -c at the sides, these spikes Z) and 0 being passed through openings formed in the side and end walls of the brace, and through corresponding holes in the chair, and are then driven into the tie to hold the parts securely thereto.

If desired, and as a means for giving the brace additional strength, I may curve the central portion of the straight portion at 71, as shown in Figs 1 and 3.

I am aware it is not broadly new to form a chair with a groove in which the rail is seated, nor is it new to employ a brace to fit under the head of the rail, and these features I therefore do not broadly claim as my invention; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of a railway-chair having tapered flanges extending along its sides for a portion of the length thereof and adapted to enter the tie, with a rail seated upon the chair, and a brace also upon said chair, hav ing one on d inclined and fitted under the head of the rail, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a chair having a groove formed in its upper surface and provided with flanges extending along a portion of its sides and tapered in cross-section, a brace fitted in said groove, having a straight portion, whose opposite ends abut against the flange of the rail and end wall of the groove, respectively, said brace having its inner end inclined upwardly toward the rail and turned over to rest under the head of the rail, substantially as described.

JOHN WILLIAM REESER.

Witnesses:

P. J. RYAN,

T. GLOW, 

